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Viewpoint hikes in Minnesota

320 trails in Minnesota reach a named viewpoint. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.

Trail	Length	Gain	Reaches
Superior Hiking Trail	11.6 mi	454 ft	Bear Lake, Bean Lake
Zumbro River	164.7 mi	456 ft	Zumbro River Reservoir, Silver Lake
Cannon River	84.0 mi	334 ft	Cannon River Reservoir, The Narrows
Mesabi Trail	84.7 mi	336 ft	The Narrows, Reservoir Number Four
Park Trail	5.1 mi	125 ft	East Overlook, Hill of Many Timbers Overlook
Border Route	27.2 mi	520 ft	Mucker Lake, Rove Lake
Tettegouche Lake Trail	3.2 mi	313 ft	Tettegouche Lake Overlook, Lax Lake Overlook
Mississippi River	74.9 mi	167 ft	Stump Lake, Lake Irving
Redwood River	86.7 mi	670 ft	Lake Redwood, Redwood Lake
Kettle River	60.6 mi	359 ft	Big Spring Falls, Wolf Creek Falls
Harmony-Preston Valley State Trail	17.8 mi	466 ft	Sinkhole, Preston Overlook
Middle Falls	2.5 mi	322 ft	Middle Falls, Pigeon Falls
Winchell Trail	1.9 mi	85 ft	Pool 1, Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area
Ferry Rock Trail	0.5 mi	119 ft	Fairy Rock, Lower Quarry View
Eagle Mountain	3.4 mi	551 ft	Eagle Mountain, Whale Lake
Root River	104.7 mi	341 ft	North Branch Root River Reservoir, Mill Pond
Nipisiquit Lake Trail	4.6 mi	424 ft	Nipisiquit Lake, Lake Superior Overlook
Snake Creek Trail	12.4 mi	370 ft
Cgt-Upper Ridge Run Trail	1.8 mi	115 ft	Flour Lake, Rudy Lake
North Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail	3.6 mi	52 ft	Brownie Lake, Victoria Lake
West River Parkway Trail	0.6 mi	19 ft	Intermediate Pool, Upper Pool
Upper Gunflint South Rim	3.3 mi	379 ft	Lonely Lake, High Cliffs Overlook
Root River State Trail	42.3 mi	631 ft	Mill Pond
Sam Morgan Regional Trail	2.4 mi	84 ft	Upper Lake, Crosby Lake
Goodhue Pioneer State Trail	5.2 mi	173 ft	Sugarloaf Hill, Covered Bridge
Mic Mac Lake Trail	2.5 mi	207 ft	Nipisiquit Lake, Papasay Ridge Overlook
Silver Bay Loop Trail	3.9 mi	447 ft	City Overlook
Mount Josephine Trail	1.2 mi	666 ft	Mount Josephine, Arrowhead overlook
Conservancy Pines Trail	1.7 mi	230 ft	Raven Rock Overlook, Conservancy Pines Overlook
Lower quarry Loop	0.4 mi	75 ft	High rock, North View
Gitchi-Gami State Trail	7.6 mi	201 ft	Gooseberry Falls
Mississippi River Greenway	11.2 mi	241 ft	Spring Lake Overlook
Quarry Ruins Trail	1.7 mi	66 ft	Quarry Hill (West), Quarry Hill (Southwest)
Cottonwood River	67.3 mi	244 ft	Lake Cottonwood, Former Dam Site
Mt Baldy Overlook	1.3 mi	337 ft	Nicado Lake, Mount Baldy Overlook
High Falls Trail	1.3 mi	113 ft	Pigeon Falls, High Falls
Afton State Park trails	6.3 mi	286 ft
Superior Hiking Trail Ely's Peak Loop	0.9 mi	297 ft	Elys Peak, Ely's Peak Overlook
Moss Lake Trail	2.9 mi	245 ft	Moss Lake
Moose Walk Trail	7.0 mi	354 ft
Trout Valley Trail	7.6 mi	442 ft
Old Dam Trail	1.1 mi	74 ft	Lake Cottonwood, Former Dam Site
Bjorkland Trail	1.3 mi	81 ft	Maria Lake, Viewing point
Nicado Lake Trail	2.0 mi	255 ft	Nicado Lake
Quarry Trail	0.5 mi	155 ft	Scenic Overlook, Carlson Kiln
Slim Lake	0.6 mi	78 ft	Slim Lake, Ol' Baldy
Inspiration Peak Trails	0.4 mi	167 ft	Inspiration Peak, Inspiration Peak
Rock Knob	0.4 mi	94 ft	Hartley Pond, Rock Knob
Prairie Trail	0.6 mi	57 ft	Scenic Overlook, Carlson Kiln
Echo Canyon Trail	0.3 mi	97 ft	Lake O' the Dalles, Summit Rock
Rock Knob SHT Spur	0.3 mi	77 ft	Hartley Pond, Rock Knob
Family Trail	0.6 mi	30 ft	Quarry Hill (West), Quarry Hill (Southwest)
Schoolcraft Trail	0.8 mi	21 ft	North Arm Lake Itasca, Mississippi River Headwaters
Cedar Lake Trail	1.0 mi	12 ft	Brownie Lake, Cedar Lake
Birch Lake Overlook Trail	0.1 mi	76 ft	Birch Lake, Laurentian Divide
Cattyman-Gibson	0.1 mi	38 ft	Gibson Lake, Cattyman Lake
Caribou Rock Trail	3.8 mi	285 ft
Minnehaha Trail	3.6 mi	108 ft	Snelling Lake
West Chester Creek Trail	0.9 mi	275 ft	Chester Park Trail Overlook
Self Guided Interpretive Trail	1.0 mi	119 ft	Carley State Park Scenic Overlook